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Grant to provide housing for low-income families
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MARTIN COUNTY - A $30,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to Indiantown Non-Profit Housing will help provide homes for low-income families. The money did immediate good, allowing the local nonprofit to qualify for another gift: matching funds from a challenge grant through the Community Found...
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Libraries' used bookstore thrives in tough times
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MARTIN COUNTY - While some major bookstores have had to close their doors in recent months, one seller of used books has been thriving. Thanks to a crew of 15 volunteers, the Martin County Library System's bookstore now has a new look to accommodate its growing customer base. Visitors to Book Depot, the libraries...
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A visit from Miss Florida
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Reigning Miss Florida Kristina Janolo tours the touch tank with Mark Perry, executive director of the Floria Oceanographic Society in Stuart Tuesday, Sept. 27. Miss Janolo appeared earlier before the Martin County Commission asking for a proclamation to protect the Northern Everglades and the Indian River Lagoon....
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Area lawmakers craft veterans' legislation
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MARTIN COUNTY - Congressman Tom Rooney's efforts to help veterans got a boost when the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate both approved legislation he co-authored. Rep. Rooney, R-Stuart and Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, sponsored the Helping Homeless Heroes Act, which creates and strengthens programs to aid ...
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Man shot after responding to companionship ad
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STUART - A Stuart man who responded to an ad offering "companionship" was in critical condition at a hospital Monday after the woman's husband shot him, according to reports. Kyle Ryan Hicks, 33, of 5601 S.E. Laguna Ave., was transported to Lawnwood Regional Medical Cent...
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Shore stabilization project underway at bird sanctuary
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MARTIN COUNTY - A $600,000 project is underway to reinforce the shoreline at Bird Island, a 1.6-acre spoil island that is home to up to 18 species of birds, including about nine that are threatened or endangered. Work started on the project on Sept. 26 and is set to last until the end of December. Construction cr...
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Rushing for the score
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Martin County High School running back Herschel Hester rushes through a hole in the Okeechobee defense to score the only touchdown before the lights went out at Bob Collins Field on Friday, Sept. 30. Okeechobee trailed the Tigers 7-0 with 1:06 left in the first quarter. The game was suspended due to an electrica...
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Alert deputy arrests suspects in boatyard thefts
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An alert Martin County deputy nabbed two men later suspected of stealing items valued at more than $50,000 from a marina in St. Lucie County, authorities said last week. Roberto Morales-Diaz, 34, 10923 W. Okeechobee Road, Apt. 102, Hialeah, and Jondy Fundora-Lecanzo, 29, 84 Davis Road, Lake Worth, were bo...
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Turning 65: a Medicare primer
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Two-thousand eleven is a very big year for Baby Boomers. The very first group, those born in 1946, turn 65 this year. Some 10,000 a day will reach that milestone. Turning 65 has its rewards and one big one is Medicare, but don't expect your red, white and blue card to arrive on your doorstep. If you are not r...
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Understanding Medicare Part D changes
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The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is commonly known as Medicare Part D. It is the prescription drug component of Medicare and it is available to Medicare recipients who have Part A or Part B. While under the Medicare umbrella, Part D is more like traditional insurance. Me...
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Top-notch speller
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Sonali Goyal, a fourth-grader at Palm City Elementary School, won the 44th annual Lillian Dassori spelling bee with her final word, 'ostentatious' Thursday, Sept. 22 at Jensen Beach elementary School....
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